C1 Flashcards
The right or authority of justice agency to act in regard to a particular subject matter territory or person
Jurisdiction
The seizure of a person for the taking of a person into custody either actual physical custody as want to subject is handcuffed by an officer or constructive custody as one person peacefully submits to a police officer’s control
Arrest
The administrative recording of an arrest typically the subjects name the charge and perhaps the subjects fingerprints or photograph are entered into the police blotter
Booking
A less serious crime generally punishable by fine or by incarceration in jail for no more than one year
Misdemeanor
Usually the violation of a law of a city
Ordinance violation
A charging document specifying that an offense has been committed by a person or persons named or described. It is usually used for misdemeanors and ordinance violations
Complaint
A relatively serious offense punishable by death or by confinement in prison for more than one year
Felony
The document that outlines the formal charges the laws that have been violated in the evidence to support the charges
Information
Written accusation by a grand jury charging that one or more persons have committed a crime
Grand jury indictment
A method of prison release whereby inmates are released at the discretion of the board or other authority before having completed their entire sentences
Parole
A smoothly operating set of arrangements and institutions directed toward the achievement of common goals
System
One of packers two models of the criminal justice process. Politically it reflects traditional conservative values.assumption of guilt
Crime control model
One of packers two models of the criminal justice process. Politically it embodies traditional liberal values. Assumption of innocence until proven guilty
Due process model
The doctrine that people are not to be held guilty of a crime unless sufficient evidence can be provided. Legal guilt results only one factual Gil is determined in a trial
Doctrine of legal guilt
Beliefs based on emotion rather than analysis
Myth